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  1. Margaret D. H. Keane (born Peggy Doris Hawkins, September 15, 1927 – June 26, 2022) was an American artist known for her paintings of subjects with big eyes. She mainly painted women, children, or animals in oil or mixed media.

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    Margaret Keane is an American painter best known for her distinctive portraits of children with oversized eyes. View Margaret Keane’s 168 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.

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    • Big Eyes. “Big Eyes” is one of her earliest and most famous paintingsof all time. It portrays a child with stunning large, soul-piercing eyes. The eyes became a signature element of her artwork because she believed that the eyes were the window to the soul.
    • Tomorrow Forever. This is one of Margaret’s beautiful pieces that depicts hundreds of children with oversized eyes standing in a barren landscape, staring at the viewer.
    • The Stray. The 1965 painting by Margaret is a short story inspired by her own experience of being a victim of plagiarism by Walter Keane her ex-husband.
    • The Waif. The iconic painting was created in 1964 by Margaret Keane. It features a young girl with huge signature eyes that Margaret is known for. She is also wearing a tattered dress and is seen holding a flower.
  3. Feb 13, 2015 · Painter Margaret Keane created a unique, commercially popular artistic aesthetic during the 1960s, though unknown to the public for some time. Part of her life is depicted in the 2014 film 'Big...

  4. Dec 4, 2016 · The 2014 release of Tim Burton ’s film Big Eyes brought widespread attention to the beguiling Margaret Keane biography. Her paintings of children, women and animals with sentimentally huge eyes known as “big-eyed waifs,” gained considerable commercial success in the 1960s and ’70s.

  5. 48 Artworks: Discover and purchase Margaret Keane’s artworks, available for sale. Browse our selection of paintings, prints, and sculptures by the artist, and find art you love.

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  7. Adored by fans and collectors Worldwide, Margaret continued to sketch daily until her passing on June 26, 2022 in Napa, California. Margaret is one of the most prolific and influential artists ever, and is an American Icon and Modern Master.

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